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Trauma Informed Care: Improving Appointment Adherence in an Outpatient Behavioral Health Setting
(2018-04-23)
Exposure to a traumatic life event can lead to lifestyle practices that adversely affect one's health. Nearly three-fourths of Americans have experienced a traumatic life event. The purpose of this quality improvement ...
Implementing Substance Use Screening and Referral in Primary Care
(2018-04-23)
Primary care is the first step to screening and prevention, including the identification of substance use disorder (SUD). The number of patients with SUD has increased significantly in the past 10 years. It is estimated ...
A Process Improvement Project to Increase Smoking Cessation Support Among Smoking Patients in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic
(2018-04-24)
The standard of practice among oncology patients who are current smokers is to assess their willingness to quit and offer cessation support for those interested tobacco cessation. The purpose of this DNP project was to ...
Smithfield CARES
(2018-04-24)
In general, the homeless population suffers from high rates of both physical and mental illnesses. The objective of this portion of the project was to develop a health promotion and education program that will positively ...
Integration of the 2017 ADA Depression Screening Guidelines in the Primary Care Setting
(2018-04-24)
Diabetics have a doubled risk of comorbid depression that can lead to worsening healthcare outcomes and increased mortality. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) released new depression screening guidelines in the 2017 ...
Implementation of an Advanced Directive Protocol among Hospitalized Patients
(2018-04-24)
Abstract
An initiative was implemented to increase advance directives (ADs) for employees of a community hospital in Southeastern North Carolina. Due to the Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA) of 1991, Registered Nurses ...
Smithfield CARES (Community Accessing Resources, Education, and Screenings) Primary Care Clinic
(2018-04-24)
The Smithfield CARES Primary Care Clinic DNP Project was a quality improvement project to develop a primary care clinic at the Smithfield Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter, in Johnston County. Research indicates that ...
Smoking Cessation Counseling in Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach
(2018-04-21)
This quality improvement project’s aim focused on increasing nurses’ knowledge with the required 5A’s counseling method for smoking cessation in pregnancy and integrated effective communication styles to assist with ...
Implementation of an Influenza Immunization Program in an Urban Veteran Affairs Emergency Department
(2018-04-25)
Background: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend an annual influenza immunization for all people ages 6 months or older. According to the Veteran Health Administration (VHA) the influenza virus ...
Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening in Northeastern North Carolina
(2018-04-25)
Colorectal cancer has the 3rd highest prevalence and the 2nd highest mortality rate of all cancer in the United States, with over 4,000 new diagnoses and 1,600 deaths reported in North Carolina yearly. Early detection ...